[Thirty-five years of follow-up before enucleation for malignant choroidal melanoma. A case report]

J Fr Ophtalmol. 2006 Mar;29(3):307-11. doi: 10.1016/s0181-5512(06)73788-3.
[Article in French]

Abstract

We report the case of a patient with a unilateral chorioretinal lesion that evolved over 35 years before enucleation provided the diagnosis of amelanotic choroidal melanoma. This case is quite unusual in regards the long-term follow-up of this tumor before treatments were initiated. The patient showed no evidence of locoregional failure or distant metastasis at 30 months of follow-up.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Choroid Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Eye Enucleation*
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Melanoma / surgery*
  • Middle Aged
  • Time Factors